"gender neutral pronouns"

[Robert Chandler]

Thank you, John - this is interesting.  I intended both meanings, but (b)
most of all.

R.




> The sentence is actually ambiguous (sorry, Robert): does it mean (a) the first
> great historian produced by Russia or (b) the first person to achieve
> greatness in writing about the history of Russia?  To my
> linguistically-befuddled ear 'her', perhaps because it is 'emotional' and more
> suited to more figurative uses, tends to foreground meaning (b), while 'its'
> tends to foreground meaning (a).  Now try that one on your editor...
 
> John Dunn.

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